A Red Carpet Success! Glitz, Glamour and Giving.

The 29th annual Wine in the Pines was, by all accounts, an Oscar winning success! This year's adaptation of the event saw the Keystone Convention Center transformed into Tinseltown as celebrity guests walked their way down the red carpet, past the paparazzi and through the two towering Oscar statues that led into the grand ballroom. In addition to all of the Hollywood fanfare, attendees were treated to sumptuous gourmet food from some of Keystone's finest restaurants and a selection of more than 500 wines. Guests also enjoyed live music performed by Tina Navarro and The Breakdown Band, live and silent auctions and the always popular and ample dessert spread creatively presented by Keystone's head pastry chef, Ned Archibald. ...Read Full Story

 

Shooting Stars!
Paparazzi Release Pictures Taken at the 29th Annual, Star Studded, Wine in the Pines!

Paparazzi swarmed along the rope line as the throng of glamorous "A-list" attendees, dressed in the latest designer styles, began arriving at the glitz-filled, 29th Annual Wine in the Pines, held each year in Keystone, Colorado and benefiting the 65 year old organization, CP of Colorado. Relishing in their celebrity welcome, many of the guests stopped to wave at onlookers and strike a pose amidst the nonstop flashing cameras as they made their way down the red carpet and into the elegantly decorated grand ballroom at the Keystone Conference Center. Click on the image above to enjoy our extensive image gallery of all the memorable moments captured on film at this year's Hollywood-themed event.

Creative Options becomes demonstration site for Pyramid Plus Program

CP of Colorado’s Creative Options Program for Early Education is pleased to be one of four demonstration sites in Colorado for the Pyramid Plus program through the University of Colorado -Denver’s School of Education and Human Development,  Pyramid Plus: The Colorado Center for Social Emotional Competence and Inclusion, is the first state-funded project of its kind in the nation and was created to promote the positive social-emotional development of all infants and young children and the inclusion of children with disabilities in all early childhood settings through its Special Quest Birth-Five approach.

According to Brenda Sears, Colorado Health Foundation Program Officer, “Children served by this project will have a lower risk of serious mental health disorders later in life.  In addition, they are more likely to be self-sufficient and better able to positively contribute to their community and society. ...continued

 

Credits for gifts given in 2012 can be accrued for future years!

2012 Changes to the Colorado Child Care Contribution Credit

Help increase the quality and availability of child care in metro Denver through the Colorado Child Care Contribution Credit (CCCC). Due to a change in state law, the Colorado Child Care Contribution Tax Credit will be deferred (but not eliminated) for all gifts made in calendar years 2011 and 2012. Donors who make gifts to CP of Colorado’s Creative Options Centers for Early Education during 2012 will not be able to claim the credit on their tax return until it is reinstated. ...continued.

 

 

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